What to watch at CNN’s Libertarian town hall

Gawker chief files for bankruptcy

Clinton retakes lead over Trump
Hillary Clinton emerges from her party’s convention in Philadelphia with a restored lead over Donald Trump, having earned a 7-point convention bounce, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.

‘Christmas’ for challengers to voting restriction laws
To say that the last few weeks have been good for challengers to voting restriction laws across the country would be an understatement.

How safe are hot air balloons?
A Texas hot air balloon crash that killed all 16 people on board is focusing attention on the safety of these colorful, floating aircraft — one of history’s oldest forms of aviation.

NTSB: Balloon pilot may have been trying to land
Evidence shows a pilot may have been trying to land when a hot air balloon crashed over the weekend in Texas and killed all 16 people on board, an NTSB official said Monday.

Thieves are going nuts for these
Almonds, pistachios and other high-value nuts are an appealing commodity for not only health nuts, but also more recently to highly sophisticated criminal organizations in the San Joaquin valley.

CDC issues historic warning over Zika
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an unprecedented travel warning Monday, advising pregnant women and their partners not to travel to a small community just north of downtown Miami, where Zika is actively circulating. This is the first time the CDC has warned people not to travel to an American neighborhood for fear of catching an infectious disease, according to agency spokesman Tom Skinner.

No trash collection in Flint
Flint, Michigan, a city known for its water crisis, may have another noxious situation on its hands.

Who are the Gold Star families?
It is venerated status that no one wants: Gold Star family.

Opinion: Fireflies may be flickering out
Sara Lewis: Firefly populations, which illuminate and enchant on summer evenings, are threatened by development, light pollution, pesticides and commercial harvesting

Opinion: Balloon crash raises legal issues
Danny Cevallos: Balloon accidents are not strictly comparable to other aircraft disasters and law is less settled

Kaine, Clinton differ on abortion provision
Tim Kaine differs with Hillary Clinton on a longstanding rule banning federal taxpayer dollars from funding abortions, the Democratic vice presidential candidate told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” in an interview that aired Sunday.

Top Jeb Bush adviser may vote for Clinton
Jeb Bush’s top adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has left the Republican Party to become an independent, and says if the presidential race in Florida is close, she’ll vote for Hillary Clinton.

Traffic stops yield sweet surprises
Police in Halifax, Virginia, have been pulling over drivers and giving them ice cream cones instead of tickets.

Miss Teen USA challenged over slur
Shortly after being crowned the new Miss Teen USA, Karlie Hay of Texas got her first, tumultuous introduction into the national spotlight.

Distracted driving: It’s not just texting anymore
It’s no longer just texting. Drivers are engaging in other dangerous behaviors, such as posting on social media and playing video games such as ‘Pokemon Go.’

What Assange won’t say about DNC hacks
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange refused Monday to say whether Russian hackers were responsible for the leak of damning emails which ultimately forced Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign.

Meat-eaters may have a higher risk of death
Are you ready to take it easy with the bacon and burgers? A new protein-focused paper confirms that eating red meat may be linked to a higher risk of death.

5-year-old boy dies in lightning strike
A 5-year-old boy died Sunday afternoon after being struck by lightning on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, said Chief Ralph Melton of Currituck County Fire and EMS.

Illinois police officer shot; in ‘serious’ condition
A police officer has been shot and is in “serious” condition, according to a news release from the Carbondale, Illinois, police department.

Police hunt for suspect in deadly Austin shooting
Austin police are searching for a 24-year-old man in connection to a downtown shooting that killed one person and injured four people.

Trump doesn’t understand Gold Star families
Gold Star Families come from all different backgrounds and grieve in many different ways, but we all share one thing in common as we go through this process — the hope that our loved ones will never be forgotten. Ryan Manion Borek writes.

Did Trump go too far?
Donald Trump’s criticism about the Muslim parents of a slain American soldier has generated — once again — a backlash within his own party.

While Khan talks peace, Trump tweets against him
The father of the slain Muslim U.S. soldier at the center of a controversial feud with Donald Trump said Monday he had no desire to escalate the conflict and that it’s time to “join hands with good Muslims” — even as the Republican candidate attacked him on Twitter during the live interview.

McCain: Trump defamed Khan, does not represent GOP
Sen. John McCain accused Donald Trump of defaming Khizr Khan and argued the Republican presidential candidate does not represent the GOP.

Opinion: Why it’s NY vs. NY for president
So now it’s official. With the conventions over, it is notable that the nominees of both major parties are from New York. After many decades when the city and the state have been relegated to secondary status in presidential politics, today two New Yorkers are at the top of the major party tickets.

Trump says Putin won’t go into Ukraine — but he already did
Donald Trump said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t make a military move into Ukraine — even though Putin already has done just that, seizing the country’s Crimean peninsula.

Winning Powerball ticket sold in…
The Powerball jackpot was worth an estimated $478 million.

Autism advocate dies at 69
Suzanne Wright, the co-founder of one of the largest autism advocacy organizations, Autism Speaks, has died, the nonprofit said Saturday. She was 69.

Cat revived by oxygen mask
It’s not something you see often at the scene of a fire — a firefighter giving a cat oxygen and saving its life.

1 dead, 4 injured in Austin shootings
One person was killed and four were injured early Sunday in two separate shootings in a crowded area of downtown Austin, Texas, police said.